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Dirk Powell

Dirk Powell is an American fiddler, banjo player, and singer. He was born in Oberlin southwest of Elyria, Ohio into a family with deep Kentucky roots. He has lived in Louisiana since 1992. He is considered one of the world's leading experts on traditional Appalachian fiddle and banjo styles. Powell is also a recording engineer, producer, and owns a studio, the Cypress House, in Breaux Bridge near Lafayette, Louisiana. The studio is in a converted 1850s Louisiana Creole home on Bayou Teche and focuses on vintage gear and audio.. Powell has won four Grammy Awards and has been a guest on television shows including Late Night with David Letterman, the Today Show, and American Masters. For ten years, he was Joan Baez's "band." He was a longtime member of the Cajun band Balfa Toujours. He performs as a solo artist, as a featured artist with Transatlantic Sessions, on tour with Mary Chapin Carpenter, and as a duo with Rainy Eyes. Powell has recorded with Rhiannon Giddens, Loretta Lynn, Irma Thomas, Tim O'Brien, the Raconteurs on their record Consolers of the Lonely, and Eric Clapton. From Wikipedia (

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Susan's Gone

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Angel Band

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Ruby With The Eyes That Sparkle

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Waterbound

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The Blackest Crow

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When I Wait For You

2020

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Songs From The Mountain

2002

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Walking Through Clay

2014

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Tony Furtado & Dirk Powell

1999

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A Fret-Free Christmas

2010

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Hand Me Down

1999

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Time Again

2004

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If I Go Ten Thousand Miles

1996

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Waterbound

Single • 2020

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Red Bird Road

Single • 2020

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Jack Of Hearts

Single • 2020

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Olivia

Single • 2020

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I Ain't Playing Pretty Polly (feat. Rhiannon Giddens)

Single • 2020

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Rhiannon Giddens: "Julie" (original)

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Rhiannon Giddens - Shake Sugaree (Last.fm Sessions)

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Angel Band (With Lyrics)

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Waterbound - The White Horse Guitar Club with Dirk Powell

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Ruby With the Eyes That Sparkle

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waterbound - dirk powell - fretless banjo

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Dirk Powell - Waterbound

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